Abstract
Abstract
As humans, we share with all life-forms and with the earth itself the sensuous kinship of embodied being. Our planet is the living matrix in which all earth communities, including the human, are embedded and have their ground. This article is a phenomenological meditation on the experiential fabric of an earth-cherishing mode of human consciousness, an eco-centric consciousness, imbued with the awareness of the intimate reciprocity of the human with the living earth. It wonders about how we may “seed” and foster this eco-centric mode of consciousness and its aware sensibilities, and suggests that we may look toward the body as the “top soil” in which an earth-embracing consciousness can take root and develop, coming to fruition in attuned earth-stewardship. Key Words: Eco-centric consciousness—Human-earth reciprocity—Re-enchantment with the earth—Earth stewardship.
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